Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol.15

The Handbook of the Birds of the World is the first work ever to illustrate and deal in detail with all the living species of birds.It is the first work to verbally and visually portray each member of an entire Class of the Animal Kingdom. Material in each volume is grouped by families, with an introductory text on general aspects of the group, generously illustrated with colour photographs.This is followed by individual species accounts and their accompanying colour plates illustrating all species, including all significant sexual and subspecific differences, of all of the families covered.In addition, all volumes contain a foreword on a particular ornithological theme.